| Adding a special decorating touch to your home | | | | narrow for other decoration. Fabric wall hangings, |
| (your castle?) can be difficult if you have limited | | | | such as tapestries, offer warmth and texture in |
| space, rent, or if you are not sure what kind of | | | | predominately hard-surfaced rooms such as dens, |
| decor item fits your style the best. Castle | | | | studies, and home offices. |
| tapestries can be an interesting, eye-catching | | | | 3. Throughout the home as wall art |
| addition to your home that can fit in almost | | | | Castle wall tapestries can also make a nice |
| anywhere, in every home. How do you use them | | | | addition to an art collector's home. As mentioned |
| in your home? You're about to find out! | | | | above, the textile quality of a wall hanging adds |
| Tapestries are the dressier sisters of quilts as wall | | | | warmth to a room. Tapestries can cover a lot of |
| hangings. Both can be mounted similarly to your | | | | wall space and are just as visually stimulating as a |
| wall. Both add visual interest to the room in which | | | | painting. The most finely-crafted medieval or |
| they are hanging. And both could probably fit | | | | castle tapestries are designed from original |
| somewhere in your decor. Quilts are still popular | | | | tapestry artwork, use period-correct materials |
| as decorations, but wall tapestries, especially | | | | and dyes, and are hand-woven in the same |
| castle (also called medieval) tapestries are popular | | | | manner as a tapestry from that era would have |
| today. | | | | been. |
| Here are 3 ways to use them to decorate your | | | | Medieval tapestries were considered works of art |
| home: | | | | then and can definitely be seen as works of art |
| 1. Medieval themed room | | | | today. With one hanging in your home you may |
| One popular place to hang castle wall tapestries is | | | | feel almost as if you have brought a museum |
| in a medieval-themed room. If you are a collector | | | | piece home with you. |
| of items from this era, consider hanging large | | | | Castle tapestries (or medieval tapestries) made |
| castle tapestries to cover your home's very | | | | today may be recreations of classic scenes, new |
| non-medieval drywall walls. Now you can display | | | | designs based on medieval themes, or a beautiful |
| your suit of armor in front of a proper backdrop. | | | | tapestry of your coat of arms. Tapestry |
| If you have several weapons to display, they can | | | | manufacturers can make custom sizes and colors |
| be displayed in front of a castle tapestry as well. | | | | to fit what you envision hanging in your home. |
| Display them in a case that has glass on all sides | | | | Wall tapestries are classic decor items that can |
| and you have an appropriate backdrop for your | | | | cover an entire wall with visual interest or be |
| medieval weapons. | | | | sized down to fit perfectly into a special nook. |
| 2. As a focal point in any room | | | | So there you have it. |
| Another way to use a castle wall hanging in your | | | | Castle tapestries are an art from yesteryear that |
| home's styling is to use the tapestry to create a | | | | are just as beautiful today as they were years |
| point of interest in a room. A tapestry is usually | | | | ago. They are versatile enough to fit with most |
| much more dynamic and interesting than a | | | | any home's style. The next time you are looking |
| painting and is also usually less expensive for the | | | | at a blank wall in your home, consider how |
| area that it covers. In dining rooms, a tapestry | | | | beautiful it would be if you were to dress it up |
| can offer floor-to-ceiling art in an area that is too | | | | with a castle tapestry. |